My name is Terrianne McGrath, A.K.A. Mom McGrath. I have loved and befriended animals all my life. Luckily my parents were animal lovers too. I was that kid who came home with an animal in my arms, without a place to put them. My father worked in construction and on several occasions, he would whip up an elaborate hutch — or even a hutch with a steel run attached to it, all before my Mom came home from work. I was very responsible in caring for my animals, so my parents knew they wouldn’t end up taking on the responsibility themselves. As a kid, I would talk to my animals when my friends weren’t around and I had no one else to play with. I guess that’s where my communication with animals began, though unknowingly. When people asked “What superpower would you choose if you could have anything?” I always said, “I want to talk to animals”. It never occurred to me that my wish would actually come true. I didn’t even know that animal communication existed! Looking back, though, I can see that I had been communicating with my animals all along, but I just didn’t realize it. I thought everyone had the same kind of relationship with their animals. Fast forward to one special weekend, I had signed up for a Healing Touch for Animals live workshop where we interacted with dogs on Saturday and Horses on Sunday. Originally, I had only signed up for the Saturday session with the dogs. The founder of the organization asked me if I had signed up for Sunday as well. She encouraged me to come the following day and work with the horses. She said she had been watching how the dogs seemed to react to me. They seemed to be drawn to me. So I signed up for the next day. That Sunday with the horses changed my life! I was working with a partner on a male Quarter Horse. While I was massaging his right shoulder, I clearly heard a male voice say, “Don’t worry about this side, it’s the other side that hurts”. I was flabbergasted. I asked my partner “Hey this horse just talked to me. Did you hear it? Without skipping a beat, she replied “No but go ahead and massage the other side then”. It was cool and a bit weird at the same time. My next and final encounter that day marked the beginning of my purpose and my pursuit of animal communication. The class moved on to work with some horses in their paddocks. Each student was assigned a horse, but immediately after we entered one particular horse's paddock, he became extremely agitated. For safety reasons, the students had to leave the enclosure. The instructor asked if anyone wanted to work with the horse from outside his enclosure. I jumped at the chance, not knowing what exactly I had to offer. I stood outside the paddock, watching the gorgeous horse pace, back-and-forth still highly agitated. I began sending calming safe energy to him over and over before I knew it he was circling his paddock, completely relaxed, brushing against me each time he passed. The transformation was incredible. When our session ended, I turned around to see the class behind me, staring with their mouths wide open. It was that magical. I went inside his paddock and we exchanged pleasantries. That was the exact moment I knew I was meant to be an animal communicator.
